Circular December 2016

In Spirit and in Truth

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Thus saith the Lord: “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” (Jn 4:23-24).

Only somebody who really is in the truth can be sanctified in it and worship God. The Lord Himself prayed for His Own: “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” (Jn 17:17).

In his sermon “The Seed of Discrepancy” on January 18, 1965, Brother Branham introduced the subject with the parable of the two different seeds that were sown (Mat 13:24-30). In verses 36-43 the Lord explained the meaning to His disciples. The true seed of God came forth as the children of the Kingdom, as the wheat, which the Lord had sown and which He will gather into His heavenly garner (Mat 3:12; Mat 13:30).

The tares are the seed of discrepancy sown by the enemy. In a vision, Brother Branham saw the sower, dressed in white, who sowed the good Seed; right behind him came someone dressed in black who sowed tares. Both seeds sprouted and both received the same rain. As the Redeemer was the revealed Word which was made flesh (Jn 1:14), the redeemed certainly are the Word-Seed that serves Him (Ps 22:31; Isa 53:10). Brother Branham literally said, “Anything that does not agree with the Word is the seed of discrepancy.”

No lie is of the truth (1 Jn 2:21). Whoever associates the true God and His prophet, whom He has sent, with the various false doctrines (which we cannot address in more detail here) is possessed by a lying spirit. William Branham was a man sent from God. But what is being done with him and with his statements? The glorification of any man is blasphemy and is an abomination to God. True worshippers everywhere worship God only in the Spirit and in truth.

A servant sent from God will only preach the Word and not quotes that have been taken out of context. In 2 Tim 4:2, Paul commanded his co-worker Timothy to preach only the Word. And right afterward it states: “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” (2 Tim 4:3-4). That goes along with what the Lord Himself has said: “But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” (Mat 15:9).

All true servants of God preach the Word and give out the spiritual food, which is connected to the Will of God (Jn 4:34). We preach Jesus Christ, the Crucified One, and the Full Gospel as the power of God (1 Cor 1:18), just as the apostles and Brother Branham preached it. Now the message for this most important time period for the Church is reaching the entire world a crystal-clear manner. It becomes manifest who worships God in Spirit and in truth and also who thinks and prays past God in error.

Thus saith the Lord: “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” (Jn 4:23-24).

Only somebody who really is in the truth can be sanctified in it and worship God. The Lord Himself prayed for His Own: “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” (Jn 17:17).

In his sermon “The Seed of Discrepancy” on January 18, 1965, Brother Branham introduced the subject with the parable of the two different seeds that were sown (Mat 13:24-30). In verses 36-43 the Lord explained the meaning to His disciples. The true seed of God came forth as the children of the Kingdom, as the wheat, which the Lord had sown and which He will gather into His heavenly garner (Mat 3:12; Mat 13:30).

The tares are the seed of discrepancy sown by the enemy. In a vision, Brother Branham saw the sower, dressed in white, who sowed the good Seed; right behind him came someone dressed in black who sowed tares. Both seeds sprouted and both received the same rain. As the Redeemer was the revealed Word which was made flesh (Jn 1:14), the redeemed certainly are the Word-Seed that serves Him (Ps 22:31; Isa 53:10). Brother Branham literally said, “Anything that does not agree with the Word is the seed of discrepancy.”

No lie is of the truth (1 Jn 2:21). Whoever associates the true God and His prophet, whom He has sent, with the various false doctrines (which we cannot address in more detail here) is possessed by a lying spirit. William Branham was a man sent from God. But what is being done with him and with his statements? The glorification of any man is blasphemy and is an abomination to God. True worshippers everywhere worship God only in the Spirit and in truth.

A servant sent from God will only preach the Word and not quotes that have been taken out of context. In 2 Tim 4:2, Paul commanded his co-worker Timothy to preach only the Word. And right afterward it states: “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” (2 Tim 4:3-4). That goes along with what the Lord Himself has said: “But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” (Mat 15:9).

All true servants of God preach the Word and give out the spiritual food, which is connected to the Will of God (Jn 4:34). We preach Jesus Christ, the Crucified One, and the Full Gospel as the power of God (1 Cor 1:18), just as the apostles and Brother Branham preached it. Now the message for this most important time period for the Church is reaching the entire world a crystal-clear manner. It becomes manifest who worships God in Spirit and in truth and also who thinks and prays past God in error.